That three out of the Top 13 best Filipino Films listed by Asian Movie Pulse from the period of 70s to 80s were directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya already speaks volumes of her singularity as a filmmaker. Discomfiting, dissenting, disturbing are just some of the characteristics that could describe her body of work, but they could also just be characterized by this statement: death to the patriarchy.
This, and shame to women's own internalized misogyny. Abaya was inexorably critical of enablers even before this word became ubiquitous in contemporary online spaces, exposing the chain of relations and connections which destroy, downplay and dilute a woman's identity. Concomitant to this is her questioning of false dichotomies and relentless encouragement to go beyond convenient labels, an audacious and necessary pursuit which she did in films that pushed the Filipino to question dominant and trite narratives about his own history.
Below are just some the...
This, and shame to women's own internalized misogyny. Abaya was inexorably critical of enablers even before this word became ubiquitous in contemporary online spaces, exposing the chain of relations and connections which destroy, downplay and dilute a woman's identity. Concomitant to this is her questioning of false dichotomies and relentless encouragement to go beyond convenient labels, an audacious and necessary pursuit which she did in films that pushed the Filipino to question dominant and trite narratives about his own history.
Below are just some the...
- 5/18/2023
- by Purple Romero
- AsianMoviePulse
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